HCSB Questions

I to enjoy this version but it is not the most accurate. On the other hand it's more accurate than the NIV and many other versions. The versions I use the most are: ISV,NASB,HCSB,NKJV. Really enjoy all of them.
The NASB and NKJV for study and ISV,HCSB for general reading.

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2 Thessalonians 2:3 (HCSB)
Don't let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day
will not come unless the apostasy comes first
and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

This say an "apostasy" comes before the man of lawlessness.
I prefer the KJV which says "the falling away" which
is the Rapture/resurrection. The apostasy is unmeasurable
and impossible to know (save by God) when it happened.
The falling away, the rapture/resurrection,
will be known by all when it happens.

The 7 English Bibles before the KJV used some form
of "departure" here.

What I like is that i live in the 21st
Century (2001-2100). The HCSB is written
in the English language of the marketplace
of the 21st Century. I get tired of the
upper crust language of
the 17th Century (1601-1700).

Praise Jesus!

 

I Like it. I also like the ESV. I used to use the NASB and NIV alot in combination. Since getting the HCSB and an ESV earlier this year, the NASB and NIV have sat on the shelf.

The HCSB uses "Messiah" alot in the NT. This may be right or it may be wrong but it is certainaly wierd. The preface explains why they do this but it still seems like an arbitrary decision. Any way I now teach my SS class with it.

 

I teach my Sunday School class also
using the HCSB.

I hear there were signs at the Ovens
of the 3rd Reich: "Brought to you by Christ".
"Christ" is a stumbling block to the
Jew. Every religious Jew looks for
the coming of Messiah. I believe the
Jewish Messiah is the Jew: Messiah Jesus,
my Lord and Savior.

 

OK Ed but they still use Christ in the gentile parts. Do you really think Lifeway will market this to Jews.

I do think you and I are probably in agreement on most issues with the HCSB.

Amos 3:3

 

I realize that this is not the Theology Forum, but you are mistaken on the interpretaion of this verse. The words "falling away" is the Greek word apostasia which literally means, "defection from truth" or "apostasy." It has no reference to the Rapture or resurrection.

So, in this case the HCSB is accurate.

 

No, I doubt if Lifeway will
market this to Jews. However, it may market it
to people who are Christian and non-Christian
who need to refer to Jesus as "Messiah"
and not as the curse word "Chr*st".
BTW, in the 21st century it is common to
place the title first and Say "Messiah Jesus"
instead of "Jesus Messiah". "Jesus Christ"
is now a curse word and there is no reason
to use it, even if it does appear that way
in the Greek and in the KJV.


Praise Meffiah Iesus!

 

I have been reading the HCSB lately. I have read about half the NT and some of my favorite parts of the OT. As is my custom, when bible reading I typically read several other versions simulataneously (or at least have them handy for when a passage "strikes" me in a strange or different way).

The HCSB is somewhat less literal than the NASB and ESV, but more literal than the NIV. Of course, the voluminous footnotes have the very literal translation where it deviates significantly. I have no doubt that between the text and the notes, it is very faithfully communicating the original a bit better than the NIV.

Depending on ones taste I guess it reads better (more understandable?) than the NASB. As far as literary quality is conscerned, I am not sure I like it better than the NIV. I do not think it even comes close to ESV. Of course, this is just my biased opinion. It may "grow" on me.

One "pet-peave" I have, maybe related to the literary quality issue, is the use of contractions when quoting dialogue. The contractions make it seem just a bit too "chatty" and informal.

Again, this may just be my own bias. I think every English teacher I ever had drilled it into me to avoid contractions in formal writting. I even "feel guilty" when I use a contraction here on the BB!

 

Jesus Christ is the name of my Lord and Savior. It is the sweetest name I know. Anyone who uses it as a curse word is in violation of the third commandment. Those who wish to violate the commandment #3 will do so with any of the names of God. If the HCSB catches on people will soon use "Messiah Jesus" for swearing too.

 

I have been using the HCSB for some time now, since I saw it on the shelves actually. I was waiting for it for a while too. I really like it. I agree with other people's posts that sometimes it seems to go with a flow of reading more than literalness, but the translations notes at the bottom of the page show this and do give you the option of an alternate reading.

Taking Greek this year at school, I kinda wanted to comment on this contractions thing.

The New Testament in particular was written in the common language of the people, it just was of a bit better quality. So I don't personally have an issue with the contractions. If it was in the vernacular in the original languages, than it should be the same today, in my opinion.

 

I agree the Bible should be in the common language of common people, after all, that's who it is to reach (and teach). Though, now in English, as then in Greek, it should be of a bit better quality than is "common".

I think the Bible should not necessarily be on the "cutting edge" in English. Our language changes so fast that what is "hip" and modern today quickly becomes "corny" (ie "trite") and decidedly "un-hip". A good bible translation should, though never quite modern, endure in timelessness beyond the generation in which it is produced.

By the way, welcome to the BB, APuritanMindset.

 

Having just finished reading through the ESV I picked up my copy of the HSCB a few days ago and began looking it over. From what I've read so far, the ESV is certainly more literal, the HSCB more fluid. As for the use of "Messiah" instead of "Christ" in some NT passages, it was odd to read a familiar verse and see the former term replacing the latter. Also, in the OT "Yahweh" is used in several places (e.g., Exodus 3:15-16; 33:19; Psalm 68:4), whereas most versions use "LORD" exclusively. Neither of these changes is bad, just momentarily jarring. I'll reserve final judgment on the HSCB until I read more of it.

 

I am deffinitely in agreement with you there. I have read some pretty ugly versions of the Bible done in the name of being "user-friendly" or whatever you call that.

I do think the HCSB does a fine job of "feeling" (for lack of a better word) relevant while also holding a quality that makes it useful for word study as well.

 

If I am comparing it for literalness, I go to the NASB and compare that way. On my computer Bible program (e-sword) there is a NASB plug in with the Strong's Greek and Hebrew numbers and so I compare that way and then go to the original greek word and look for the definitions and such that way.

When comparing for readibility, I always use the KJV in comparison because they are a lot alike in a lot of ways.

 

I used the ESV till I got the HCSB about three months ago and now thats all I seem to use .I have the hardback that has the bullits notes in the back .
I wish the Life Application Study Bible came out in the HCSB version .